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Joan Cross

Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Joan Cross.

Luxury: Playing cards

30 minutes

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Mon 18 Nov 1957 13:10
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Service

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Music Played

  • Manuel de Falla

    Act 2 Chorus (from La Vida breve)

    Orchestra: Capilla Clasica Polifonica, Barcelona Opera Orchestra

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Otello Act 1

    Orchestra: NBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

  • Gaspare Spontini

    Tu che Invoco con onore (from La Vestale)

    Soloist: Rosa Ponselle

  • Oscar Wilde

    The Importance of Being Ernest

    Artists: John Gielgud, Edith Evans

  • Richard Tauber

    All The Things You Are

  • AmΓ΅lia Rodrigues

    No Me Tires Indire

    Artist: Jamie Santos and Santos Moreira

  • Duke Ellington and His Orchestra

    Mood Indigo

  • Benjamin Britten

    The Foggy, Foggy Dew

    Soloist: Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten

  • Luxury Choice

    • Playing cards

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Joan Cross

Broadcast

  • Mon 18 Nov 1957 13:10
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Service

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